Contrary to what Sharon Shugart,
Hot Springs National Park Museum Specialist wrote in her
story, a newly discovered Sentinel Record newspaper article
published on May 16, 1922 and
entitled, "Ancient Tale of an Ancient Wanderer Proves to be True"
is only the first piece of hard evidence that proves Dale Nathan did exist and
it wipes away everything she wrote about him and
his beautiful "legend" -- an abbreviated
Story of Manataka.
Dale Nathan did exist -- The Story of Manataka about the sacred ceremonial
Indian caves is true!

"...No
cave is visible in any of the photographs taken of the Quapaw Bathhouse
site..."

Sharon Shugart, Museum Specialist

This
picture was taken on May 2, 1921. See the
workman pointing directly into the mouth of the
ancient ceremonial Indian cave

.
There are many other photographs of this discovery
owned by families of workers, tourists and the
National Park Service. This is only one
example of the false propaganda spread by Josie
Fernandez using public tax dollars.

Four ancient clay figurines were discovered in the Indian ceremonial cavern at
the site of the new Quapaw Baths in May 1921 by workmen employed by George
A. Callahan, Sr., chairman of the Quapaw Bathhouse Company. The site
foreman quickly took all four artifacts, the arrowheads, tools and three turtle
shells to Mr. Callahan and he immediately knew they were valuable --
intrinsically, historically and in the art markets. He advised his workers
to keep quiet about the clay artifacts discovery until he could find out more.
He and his associates did not know the origin and purpose of the clay "dolls",
as he referred to them, so he began searching for experts in Hot Springs and
elsewhere who might provide answers....

To argue against the story,
"Indian Artifacts Found Inside the Quapaw
Ceremonial Cavern" and shore up her failing point that Callahan purchased original works of
art from Nampayo through Tom Paveta in Arizona,
Sharon Shugart writes, "...George
A. Callahan, Sr. (original president of the Quapaw Bath House Company) sent
payment with a letter stating that it was in payment for the
figurines.
Mr. Callahanís letter clearly indicates that they were not commissioned
copies of artifacts found in the Quapaw cave but rather were original
works of art purchased for display at the bathhouse..."
[underlined emphasis is ours.]

Read the letter (above) cited by
Shugart.
No where in Callahan's letter to
Nampayo's agent Tom Pavatea, does he state or even slightly infer that the
figurines were original works of art.
Conversely, he does not refer to them as reproductions either, but simply refers
to them as "figurines".

This another example of the shameful way Shugart
stretches the truth to prove her point. Fortunately, her point is lost in
the lie.

The 1986 letter (left) is from Paul F.
Sullivan, Park Ranger/Curator of the Hot Springs National Park. The
recipients of the letter are
Lawrence and Mary Ellen Blair, authors of book about Nampayo, the now
famous Hopi potter who was engaged by George A. Callahan, Sr. to make duplicates
of the four artifacts found inside the Quapaw Indian Ceremonial Cavern.

This letter clearly states the four figurines made by Nampayo were "...duplicates...reproductions
of "rain gods" found in the 1922 excavation to build the Quapaw Bathhouse in Hot
Springs National Park..."

This letter is absolute proof the National Park knew the original
figurines
existed.
This is proof they knew the original figurines were found inside the Quapaw
ceremonial cavern.
Further, this letter proves the government took possession of the four original
figurines and gave them back to Callahan to have them reproduced.

Callahan claimed that immediately after receiving the duplicates he returned the
originals to the National Park Service with the intention that they would be
placed on loan at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. The Smithsonian
claims they never received the four figurines from the Hot Springs National Park
Service.